ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-440 N999JZ Phnom Penh-Pochentong Airport (PNH)
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Date:Sunday 10 June 1973
Type:Silhouette image of generic CVLP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Convair CV-440
Operator:Air Cambodge
Registration: N999JZ
MSN: 40
First flight: 1953
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Phnom Penh-Pochentong Airport (PNH) (   Cambodia)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:-
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
Communist gunners fired 122 mm rockets into Phnom Penh's airport. Some 12 rockets are said to have hit in and around the airport.
Five people on the ground were reported dead.

Classification:
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes


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